Quotes About God

Whomever survived and made it back to the Farm would do so only through the loving grace of Almighty God and their ability to shoot first, shoot fastest, and shoot straightest.

God had plans, but the reasons for those plans were too lofty to fathom in the weakness of his human mind. But his heart? His heart still ached at the loss he suffered. Was still suffering.

The rain fell in torrents, like God had sucked up the ocean and spit it out over their heads in fury.

We can't play God. We can't do this to kids. You're evil, I'm evil. Everyone will die. No matter what. Let nature win.

We are evil. They are kids. We are evil. We should stop, let the Munies have the world. We are evil. We can't play God. We can't do this to kids.

Me acordé de cuando era chico, dónde vivía, ese tipo de cosas. Y si Dios en persona bajara del cielo en este mismo momento y me dijera que puedo volver a mi casa... -miró hacia el piso y sacudió la cabeza de nuevo-. Si lo que vi fue real, te juro que me voy a vivir con los Penitentes antes que regresar.

To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God's restorative purposes over all of life,

IN A MILIEU WHERE the church and its people are so quickly and roundly criticized for their shortcomings, it is easy to overlook a central theological truth; that is, that however inadequate or pitiful the church may seem at times (and may, in fact, be), where the scripture is proclaimed, the sacraments administered, and the people of God continue to seek to follow God in word and deed, God is at work; the Holy Spirit is still very much active.

May we learn to pray the Lord's prayers through the only book of prayers God has given to us—the Psalms of David's Greater Son, Jesus Christ! The Lord who inspired and prayed the Psalms must teach us to preach, sing, and pray them so that the Name of Jesus Christ may be spoken and loved in all the tribes, languages, peoples, and nations of the world.

If you presume to take God's place, audaciously deciding what He is to say and how He is to say it, you have placed yourself over God! We lack the authority to judge Him. Nor are our efforts needed to defend Him. His honor stands far above any of our efforts to secure it.

And this must be the supreme concern of every Christian! God's honor must be expressed as He prescribes.

The God I worship is the personification of love, but not that maudlin love that oftimes blinds our eyes to facts and leads us to inconsistent actions

probation. Jesus Christ was and is Jehovah, the God of Adam and of Noah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Israel, the God at whose instance the prophets of the ages have spoken, the God of all nations, and He who shall yet reign on earth as King of kings and Lord of lords.

You can't divorce religious belief and public service ... I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

Whenever we make a decision about something, most of us want to be sure, beyond any doubt, of what is absolutely true. That will never happen spiritually. We're talking about God, and there is no way you can get every question about him answered. If you could fathom everything that there is to know about God, he'd be no bigger than your mind—no larger than your intellect—and that would be a small God. The goal isn't to get every answer, but enough answers.

The heart of secularism is a functional atheism. Rather than rejecting the idea of God, our culture simply ignores him.

The gifts of our colors may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path.

The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little more than a glance of his eye.

And where, then, is your sweetheart, Deerslayer?" "She's in the forest, Judith—hanging from the boughs of the trees, in a soft rain—in the dew on the open grass—the clouds that float about in the blue heavens—the birds that sing in the woods—the sweet springs where I slake my thirst—and in all the other glorious gifts that come from God's Providence!

Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is the song?

As in all experiences, we have a choice. We can greet them as a God or a victim. We can learn by them and heal the past, putting what is in the highest and best good for the people and the planet as first and foremost on our agenda.

You have to be intentional about receiving the Father's love. Seek God. Be passionate about it. No two people have the same experience of the Father's love, because every child of God is unique.

God was a clever idea ... The human race came up with a winner there.

Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 1 Chronicles